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9A Oscar-nominated playwright ended up in a wasteland (10) ????E????S?
15A How Homer affirms his human frailties!(4)??D?
20A Exists twice as a goddess (4)???S
25A Stays around the waist, it does (6) ???S?T
1D Nothing forthcoming from 9? (10)?A?R?N?E??

20a Isis

1d Barreness

1d Barrenness .... sorry can't spell lol

25 ac corset? - stays

Well done Billy Boy - you're on a roll. Keep it up!

9 ac Wilderness? Billy Wilder- playwright

If 25A = corset then I've got 26D Address a friend as something precious (4) wrong. I thought it was DEAR but if CORSET is correct then it's O?A?. Bewildering.

So it's OPAL

You're a gem AJT! Thanks.