Tls Crossword 1472

[JeremyinLyon]

The answer to 18 down is presumably WESSEX. Can anyone parse it for me?
The answer to 18 across is presumably (Tennessee) WILLIAMS. I get "wills" for "leaves" but is IAM a god?
I'm also wondering about 26 across E-E-T

[Captain2]

Without the clues 99% of us won't know what the clues are, for goodness sake.

[Lie-in King]

18d Hardy area of land with borders for eggplants and greens (6)
18a God appears in leaves in Tennessee, possibly (8)
26a Passage written on The End of the Affair (5)

[Lie-in King]

18d Wessex - 'w(ith)' + 'e(ggplant)s' + 'sex' (greens)

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/greens

^Def 3

[Toorak]

26 (th)e vent

[Lie-in King]

18a Yes - Williams - "I am" (God, in) 'wills'

https://www.biblestudytools.com/exodus/3-14.html

[JeremyinLyon]

Sorry, Captain. I assumed, solipsistically, that, like me, everyone had the crossword in front of them.
18 down clue: "Hardy area of land with borders for eggplants and greens" [(W)-S---], which suggests (Hardy's) WESSEX, but I don't know how it parses.
18 across clue: "God appears in leaves in Tennessee, possibly" With [--L-I-M-], I thought (Tennessee)(W)(I)L(L)IAMS. "Will...s" for "leaves", but I've no idea why IAM could be "god appearing".
26 across clue: "Passage written on The End of the Affair" (title in italics). I have [(E)-E-T].
Any ideas on any of these?
PS I'm a week behind because the TLS arrives in France a week late.

[JeremyinLyon]

Gosh, lightning quick answers.
Thank you, Lie-in King, for the great "I am", and "Wessex". Actually, although I speak British English, I've never come across "greens" as slang for "sex"!
Thank you, Toorak, for "VENT" written on the end of (th)E. I was misled by the dangling "affair".
And thank you, Captain 2, for your sensible comment.