I've put away my golds, tidied my neutrals and greens and printed out the clue. I went through my oranges again; I hadn't picked out that many to use, but managed to find enough to keep them all unique. Pulled out a few more reds, too, to make the number. I also picked new neutrals to use with this clue, so I will have lots of pressing to do.
I think I will get last week's clue to a neat stopping place and get started on this one. My idea of doing both dark and light neutrals for each neutral clue seems like folly now. Once I get a few of the light neutral clue 2s done, perhaps I will get some clarity on the issue.