Yeah, I think it's the answer. Good job, @Ankoganit!

thanks

@Jafe & Ankoganit, nice find

@Ankoganit Yes it is! And yes, I never include the apostrophes in enumerations but that's more out of sloppy habits than any kind of principle. Out of interest, do people feel they should be included? Is there an authoritative guide on punctuation in enumeration? (Thanks)

I do, but maybe it's a bit revealing.

I mean, the (1.1.1.1.1.1.) clue feels pretty obvious.

I do, but that's probably just me

i like to keep my enumerations as accurate to the answer as possible, but i usually just elect to not do answers with screwy enumerations

CCCC: Essay about an underwear perversion (8)

@Ankoganit apparently essay can mean try, and a vest can also mean a kind of undergarment, which can make this tr(a vest)y

@oAlt yep!

CCCC: C against Y, for example, which is one of FANBOYS? (11)

CONJUNCTION?

C ON JUNCTION (Y junction), and a member of the FANBOYS acronym is a conjunction.

(for, and, not, but, or, yet, so)

@PolygonPotpourri yep that's right!

Clue skidoo, we can too!

CCCC: Following rower without a lead (5)

@PolygonPotpourri Ah, rafter can mean someone who travels on a raft, so that's a rower who without its lead is after (following)

@oAlt Indeed; well stopped!

You mean spotted? :p

CCCC: Start to meet up in jet after rambling about bit of lime in cocktail (4 5)

@oAlt Indeed.

Bit is b, as in computing, right?

Yep

It can be abbreviated that way in that meaning

But a 'bit of lime' could be cluing 'L...' as the first letter of 'LIME'

Also valid yes

@oAlt As in MINT JULEP (cocktail) = (M_ UP IN JET)* around L_

@Stiv Yep that's the one!

'Also valid yes', you...

Cheeky

:p I mean to be fair I had no intention of confirming nor denying lol

CCCC: We eat chicken - very nearly any time we like (8)

w(hen)e+ver_

@Jafe Super fast!

just opened the chat as you posted hehe

CCCC: Queen's father in law almost smothers you (6)

afk again, feel free to go on when you have it

@Jafe PA in RUL(-e) smothering U = RUPAUL (queen)

Anyone else been spotting the fascinating trend of late of a user or users unknown going around downvoting perfectly good answers? Usually a much rarer event than question downvotes (because it costs the downvoter rep too) but it seems like it's happening all the more lately... Baffling. Feels like someone has undisclosed beef...

@TakingNotes correct!

CCCC: Rising companies lost in bungled course correction (12)

@TakingNotes resurrection = (-co)urse* (-co)rrection

you got it!

that's also the final answer is a short sequence i've been doing ;)

Oh wow

A sequence? Hm...

If only I had time to figure it out; I just popped in here just in case I could make another quick contribution to the C4s

LINCOLN, BRASS, REVERSAL, FIFTH, GODS, LAW, RESURRECTION.

RESURRECTION makes me think GENESIS.

Synonyms of Bible books, perhaps?

No, no...

Not it, I think.

CCCC: Livid lead showing disappointed expressions grabs a Snickers? (6)

I suspect that 'Snickers' isn't a candy bar, but rather a 'snickered laughs' synonym.

Like CHUCKLES?

LAUGHS?

LAUGHS! L_ (livid's lead) and UGHS with A, and [Snickers] being the definition.

@oAlt Is this the answer?

@PolygonPotpourri Correct!

And now, a strangely short clue:

CCCC: Change inhabitant's choice (11)

(I will sleep now.)

@TakingNotes Well, there are Beach, Beastie, Backstreet in a row, which are "Boys" bands, but then the following answers are Lincoln, Brass, Reversal, Fifth, Gods, Law, and Resurrection…

@msh210 oh yeah that first one was a separate one i was doing but since it was only three answers long i didn't think it was worth noting

the other 7 are the members of the newer sequence

@TakingNotes Ah, this is words in titles of the Mickey Haller book series by Michael Connelly: The LINCOLN Lawyer, The BRASS Verdict, The REVERSAL, The FIFTH Witness, The GODS of Guilt, The LAW of Innocence, RESURRECTION Walk. (Specifically, the first non-'the' word in each title.

yep!

I didn't know the books, but I did some word association and had heard of the Lincoln Lawyer movie with Matthew McConaughey and worked from there...

i love a good crime novel