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You may have moved on OptO but you should have a closed loop - are you highlighting the right cells?

Candledave, sadly no, I have not moved on yet. I am assuming that the six letter word I am starting with is correct: it could be the identity of the subject of the puzzle, but I do not think I am allowed to be any more specific than that here. I have searched for synonyms of this word, but none fits in the grid in either of the appropriate places. Still grid-staring!

0pt0 look for a 4 letter synonym of the obvious alternative reading of the identity you have found and see that this is also a name associated with the subject.. The symbol should help identify where to look

Thanks for trying to help me Candledave and Jack Aubrey, but I still can't see it. I can see a four letter synonym for the six letter word I already have and it is also the name of an associate of the theme of the puzzle, but it does not form a closed loop. Still grid-staring!

It seems as if you have it. Does your 4-letter word begin one square to the left of the 6-letter word?

Darla, yes it does and then it goes left and then diagonally up and left, but does not form a closed loop, which is what I was expecting.

Opto, you can track the same letters going anti-clockwise from that starting point.

Sorry, I meant clockwise ....

Many thanks Candledave, Jack Aubrey, Darla and Mattrom. The penny has finally dropped!

Enjoyed this up to the very long grid stare for the second word. As others have said, think this is a GWIT unless you know a bit about the subject.

One loose end for me is 5d. I have the answer as no unches and I think I have the changed letter, but I can't make head or tail of the definition or the wordplay.