An 11-word quotation (in ODQ) reads clockwise around the perimeter from square 1. Other unclued lights are names of a kind. A final thematic name (5) associated with the source of the quotation must be highlighted in the completed grid.
Across
14 Incompetent person of great status (7)
15 Rapidly put away card, not large one in pack (7, two words)
16 Devils Gauguin cubistically captures (6)
17 It may be instrumental in police work (4)
19 Sibling eats spice, keeping one for discriminating types (8)
21 Least imaginative rendition of stretti (7)
22 Beastly remark,...

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