Posting for visibility (this person has exactly the problem "community-development" would like to solve for): https://www.reddit.com/r/Clojure/comments/1n3yh22/how_to_setup_clojure_for_a_beginner/
#improve-getting-started would perhaps also stir some discussion.
Oh I forgot that channel exists...
This is an excellent example of a perfectly valid question I want us to have a very high quality answer for. A guide to take the reader from zero to something small running in a REPL.
I do agree that we need a high quality answer for the question of "how do I get Clojure installed and running". Windows is especially problematic. I posted more about my next steps on the thread in #improve-getting-started.