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Mini CCCs (which should be CCs, imho, since we don't seem to cross anything) are, at least for now, just my attempt to have a little fun and see what might evolve. Hopefully my skill at setting them, for one 
I don't want to nail down the rules just yet, but so far it looks something like:
0. No more than 5 words in the clue.
Allow contractions to be counted as 1 word.
Allow extra punctuation (e.g. 'Clueless!?' is still one word).
1. No more than 5 letters in the answer.
Allow answers of more than one word (e.g. (3,2) but not (3,3))
All of this inspired by OriginalGriff[^] and the WSO CCC OTD[^] - which I never seem to get to in time 
Comments welcome, and thanks for putting up with me.
I'll try and post at least the 'quick' solution for each clue I come up with in the post below.
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This list is partly for my own bookkeeping, and I'll pop my intended solutions in here as things go along - seems less intrusive than posting solutions in the lounge.
Mini CCCs 0 - (not included in numbering starting with Mini CCCs 1)
1. Work book (3) JOB
2. Copy unknown height (4) APEX
3. Firm about center (4) CORE
1. Parrot energy (short refrain) (4) ECHO
2. Thus lawyer gets fizz (4) SODA
3. Cabinet in shut church (5) HUTCH
4. Chill component direction (3) ICE
5. Reverse act to reverse (4) UNDO
6. Saw you on time (3) MET
7. Give direction to museum say (5) STATE
8. Evidence of pressure on top (5) PROOF
9. Plain language (5) BASIC
10. Outfit returned left lassie... (4) GIRL
11. ...owning it in Amherst (4) HERS
Mini CCCs 4 and 5 - not numbered (ironically)
6*9 (2)
Count of suits and jokers (2)
12. Annoying bread? (4) PITA
These next (from Mini CCCs 7) suffered from too many revisions
13. Even shortened fellow, (3) REG
14. small ordinary man, (4) NORM
15. and little pal... (3) BUD
16. ...are providers of wired support? (4) GUYS
This was also revised - never a good sign...
17. Your foreign relation? You're done! (3)
18. Gangster and sailor table solution. (5) ALTAR
19. Go with a guitar option (4) PICK
20. Whip up game (4) GOLF
In hindsight, this probably should have been "Arrange letters..." or some such - tough one.
21. Write letters for a while (5) SPELL
...and this probably should have included an aural indication ("heard' or "announced")
- a tad obscure in any case.
22. Lake accepting wager? (5) HURON
23. Abdicate, lacking direction to rule (5) REIGN
24. Boring thing heard every... (3) AWL
25. ...mixed up rule... (3) LAW
26. ... hack had seen (3) SAW
27. Soft debts can be devout (5) PIOUS
28. By degree anti meat (5) BACON
29. Force file to call (5) PHONE
30. This signal has left (4) CLUE
31. Get only with victory (5) SOLVE
32. Tree seeded by a grain? (3) OAK (key - A CORN)
33. Plans set back - communication problem (4) SPAM
34. Stone operating with axes (4) ONYX
35. Ocean and lake swimmer (4) SEAL
36. Problem printing session? (3) JAM
37. Blessing contains small particle (5) BOSON
38. Be aware of sounding negative (4) KNOW
39. Conviction of canine parent? (5) DOGMA
40. Lacking chip, clue rests here (5) CRYPT
41. Arms back for close up (4) SNUG
42. Can boy with young woman... (4) LADY
43. ...spoon one with the French? (5) LADLE
44. She backs American leader (5) USHER
ooops... spelling goof...
45. Minds its solution whithin... (4) SITS
46. ...leaving one in alarm? (5) GOING
47. Give vacuum some space? (5) AVOID
49. Brook without right to cook? (5) STEAM
50. Insect piano sound? (4) BEEP
51. Crown girl with one? (5) TIARA
52. Dines merrily with sly intent (5) SNIDE
53. Like a family? (4) AKIN
54. Buys options on tech startups (5) BOOTS
55. Wine for new hardware? (4) PORT
56. March increase (4) HIKE
57. Me, I'm a little leprechaun (4) SELF
58. Extra lean... (5) SPARE
59. ...flag? (4) TIRE
60. Man has work to dream (4) HOPE
61. My queen, right or wrong (5) ERROR
62. Popular record time is clumsy (5) INEPT
63. Expect a delay... (5) AWAIT
64. ...article length happening (5) AFOOT
65. Acknowledge suit in storage (5) THANK
66. Small accommodation - likely... (3) APT
67. ...to be unimpressed (4) FLAT
68. Hurried team leader gives rhetoric (4) RANT
69. Outstanding verse, by all accounts (4) OWED
70. Sounds to comfort the blue? (5) AZURE
this one not great - the Y'ALL superfluous, and probably misleading
72. Y'all hear a gun law? (5) CANON
another iffy clue - needed to substitute ARTIST for CREATOR - too much 'indirection' for lack of a better word...
73. Time creator backed wall hanger (3) ART
74. Pleasant medium after big fight (4) WARM
75. Auditioned group? (4) HERD
76. Net bit back (4) TRAP
77. Pure voice (5) UTTER
78. Bad buggy (5) LOUSY
79. Irrational pair starting leftist group (4) PILE
80. Isolate slick oils (4) SILO
Car on wheels does this (5) ROLLS
82. Precise demand (5) EXACT
83. Support church melody (5) CHAIR
84. Copy right before serious offence (4) RAPE
85. Air on a g string? (4) FART
86. Consider sound strategy (5) WEIGH
87. Flower without shrouded evil creature (3) ORC
88. Hoosier uncle? (3)
89. Alien haircut? (3) BOB
90. Open discussion loop with hesitation (5) FORUM
91. Never mess with bravery (5) NERVE
92. Terribly rich with song (5) LYRIC
93. Voiced support for early invention (5) SPOKE
94. Key part of login hard (5) SOLID
95. Encouraging second in language encoding (5)
95.1 Cheer for beta? (5) BRAVO
96. Preposition X, frequently (5) OFTEN
97. To be ergonomic requires drink (4) BEER
98. Philosopher - cold unknown card (5)
98.1 Agnostic CC hoards yellow metal (5) CYNIC
99. Ego small little girl matter (5) ISSUE
100. Satisfy... (5) PLEASE
101. ...initial gesture - (4) SIGN
102. (that woman has energy)! (4) HERE
103. The cautious conflict the unknown (4) WARY
CIV. Sticker tied back (5) DECAL
105. Run self starting business books (5) SCOOT
106. Dirty mixed up girl (4) SOIL
107. C question on expression container (4) CASK
109. Scaled register? (4) BASS
110. static n + 0 = energy (5) NOISE
111. Challenge contains one. Preservation perhaps? (4) HALL
112. Just loves to win? (5) SOLVE
113. Lacking car, get phone? (5) NOKIA
114. H2 recommendation (5)
114.1 Satisfied hydrogen application with unknown (5) HAPPY
115. Hear see noisy visual impediment (5) CLOUD
116. See inverse spinners (4) TOPS or SPOT
117. Conjunction backing French word theme. (5) MOTIF
118. Policeman's root? (4) BEET
119. Sleep with no-name jury? (4) DOZE
120. A difficult path elicits awe (5) AMAZE
121. Key in tenant right away (5) ENTER
122. Concerning transit vehicle problem (5) REBUS
123. Thought of the knight? (2) NI
124. Unemployed southern state trash (5) OFFAL
125. Stay back when she's around (3)
125.1 Stay behind when she's back (3) LAG
at this point I forgot to number a clue - though the message posts are still numbered... so...
108 Tree in hand? (4) PALM
109 Mar second vehicle (4) SCAR
110 Beginning in within a tale (5) NATAL
111 A cross process many postulate (5) AXIOM
112 Twist certain distraction (4) RUSE
113 Black queen and French crown (5) BERET
114 Twist language link (4) CURL
115 Talent strikeouts can inversely contain (5) KNACK
116 Look like a fellow (4) PEER
117 Fellow with time for fellow (5) PETER
118 Sells birds (5) HAWKS
119 Order of the highest odor? (4)
119 Order of high odor? (4) RANK
120 Bird with new tiara (5) CROWN
121 Determine list with resistance (5) LEARN
122 Wide world retreats - modern times (5) BROAD
123 Starting FIFO rule a mistake? (4) FLAW
124 Mean devil with dastardly ends (5) IMPLY
125 Keep swinging stick (5) BATON
126 Seed mine (3) PIT
127 Signal stick and letter heard (3) CUE
128 With urge to scratch enchanter (5) WITCH
129 Should express disgust in overtime (5) OUGHT
130 Tempt it by degree (4) BAIT
131 Lost shelter (4) SHED
132 Enigma of chapter and verse (4) CODE
133 Founder with sinister weapon (5) FLAIL
134 Authorized starters abbreviate former standard (4) GOLD
135 Path to follow (5) TRAIL (TRACK accepted)
136 Are they our moveable feast? (5) FATES
137 Attach a false correction (5) AFFIX
138 Lower air in hindsight (3) SAG
139 Provide egghead with witticism (5) EQUIP
140 Allude to small official Queen (5) REFER
141 Kernel loses right to net (4) GAIN
142 Weapon exists - turning point? (4) AXIS
143 Cool river animal? (5) HIPPO
144 Hearsay isn't a tie (4) KNOT
145 Sharp little girl? (4) BARB
146 Girl put away after king (4) KATE
147 Quick way given with condition (5) SWIFT
148 Way England backed right away (5) ROUTE
149 Way 148 may startle French? (5) OUTRE
150 Wooden article in sanction (3) OAK
151 Way to lose a location (5) VENUE
152 False instrument instrument (5) FLUTE
153 Element of leaderless lingo (5) ARGON
154 Short game then bed (4) CRIB
155 Adjust time before time, say (5) TWEAK
156 Alter conforms to filter (4) SIFT
(this one was first posted as Understood strategy without the leader. oops.)
Seen to act it out (5) TACIT
158 Avoid first lady holding banner (5) EVADE
159 Parsed unknown set (5) READY
160 Time after can change color (4) TINT
161 Administer a soft layer (5) APPLY
162 Teach endlessly for coin (5) DUCAT
163 Dye woven cloth (5) SATIN (STAIN accepted)
164 Cows heard herd animal (5) MOOSE
165a Girl left without sinister flower (4) LILY
166 Bird lacking one move (5) BUDGE
167 Abbey's abyss? (Clue: no chip) (5) CRYPT
168 Ogre's lead in fair fight (5) JOUST
169 A grain is a nut (5) ACORN
170 Take back praise for twin (4) DUAL
171 Bell's charge? (4)
173 Saint unfinished yet constant (5) (deleted)
172 Following stern queen (5) AFTER
174 Exclude reverse catch (3) BAN
175 Favouritism - artificial intelligence in bullshit (4) BIAS (oops)
176 Reports from all directions (4) NEWS
177 Output unknown before misrepresented representation (5) YIELD
178 Redirect time vessel (4) TURN
179 Substitution for unknowns (5) PROXY
180 Press given brief cable (4) COAX
181 needed time in a bottle (5) VITAL
182 Spikes in slowpoke's performance (5) NAILS
183 Support walk (5) STRUT
184 Mental state upset in catastrophe (4) DOOM
185 Letter dance (5) TANGO
186 Let it change address (5) TITLE
187 Dream some affirmations initially realise (5) YEARN
188 Advance light speed extension (5) CLIMB
189 Rhymes with hybrid pines (5) POEMS (anagram of MOPES)
190 Reflect duality starting the color (5) THINK
191 Peer heard self implicating (3) EYE
192
Carry in correct agreement (5)
Caught in faithful agreement (5) TRUCE
193 Music written in public (3) BAR
194 United for a short time (3) WED
195 Grain left tampered with evidence (5) RELIC
modified 30-Jul-20 16:41pm.
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