Peak Significance by Phi
From each clued answer a single letter (to be determined) is dropped and moved to the nearest external column or row. So the letter dropped from 1 across goes to the square immediately to the left of square 1; the letter dropped from 1 down goes to the square immediately above square 1.
Reading clockwise from top left, incorporating the two letters already entered, is a quotation (by 15 across) minus its initial word – though that appears unclued at 4 down.
[NB 4 down was the word to be clued, with competitors asked to omit one letter of their choice (wherever it occurred) from the wordplay.]
Across
1 Character from Greece recalled nothing being open (5)
4 Failure apparently reflected throughout (6)
8 Rival inventor kept back in isolation (5)
9 Source of music in fifteenth room in prison… (5)
11 …successfully imprisoning one composer (5)
12 Cancer drug made from individual components of axolotl? (5)
13 Eruption? Temperature greater after first dropping (6)
14 Crazy American turned on us about Tesla (5)
15 See preamble
19 Where some go, having dropped one of the vases (5)
22 Something a bit off, perhaps, in Mac’s exchange (6)
25 Imperial advisers no longer form endless ring (5)
26 Grin no longer: source of smile, never (5)
27 Avoid ancient sex appeal nurtured by early woman (5)
28 No longer loves eating hot local loaf (5)
29 In a smelly way, to be blunt (opening should be put off) (6)
30 Big fellow no longer in Hollywood film being given money (5)
Down
1 Play’s to drive mad women to shelter amongst group of people (5)
2 Part of final theme having elevated style (5, 2 words)
3 Attempt to find the most popular European nitrogen fertiliser? (6)
4 See preamble
5 Make out ton as barely enough (5)
6 I left, reluctant to dismiss old sense of bad feeling (5)
7 Little creature that is overcome by sumo wrestling (6)
8 Minimum of trust in visionary guidance (5)
10 Flower product finally used in nasty cut (5)
15 Enthusiast about to overturn store (6)
16 God appearing in ordinary religious texts – religious image of prayer (5)
17 Type of wurst: how German, a German reflected (6)
18 Character in Peter Grimes enthusiastic over end of scene (5)
20 Excellent success upheld, involving King in celebrations (5)
21 Worthless person filling lakes with marine growth (5)
23 Battle of Culloden beginning to feel real (5)
24 Hinder overlooking a French article, providing further chance to see (5)
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