Obviously highly opinionated and personal statement coming, but Common Lisp is to Clojure what Meccano is to LEGO, and I have never been a LEGO person.
If I work on a project where functional programming with emphasis on purity is required I will much rather go to ML family, which I think offers more natural way to express ideas in functional paradigm with beauty and integrity not even Lisp can match.
If I work on a project where functional programming with emphasis on purity is required I will much rather go to ML family, which I think offers more natural way to express ideas in functional paradigm with beauty and integrity not even Lisp can match.