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I liked aristo @7 and dorrien @23

Vote paulH @29

Likes; for Jon 6, MPR 14, Dorrien 23, Faiton 36 for the Classics lesson,

My pick -ax for the week is Mattrom 16

Buddy @42, while I may be living in Oklahoma, I am definitely no Sooner in any manner. And I just now rolled out of bed.

It warmed my heart to see all the math (or maths for the Brits) references in the entries. When I saw mattrom @16 I knew it was the one to beat. There were some that gave it a run for its money, but that's still my choice.

mathprof, I will cancel my plan to nickname you "Boomer."

With 3 votes to come we have a clear leader, but if someone runs the table we can still send it to overtime. The drama!

Jono, over here there is a saying "spring forward, fall back" to remind which way to turn the clocks - not sure if that is common in the UK or not.

Likes for Jono #6, Mattrom#16, PaulH #24

Vote for the succinct Jono#6

Buddy - yes I’ve heard that expression , I wouldn’t say it’s common here but it’s known. However, “runs the table” you’ll need to explain!

From pool, pocketing all the remaining balls on the table, so in general winning all the remaining contests (or in this case votes).

Liked Paul 21,Paulh 29,Mattrom 34
Voting for
Mpr @ 14

I prefer it when DS is the other way around.
Liked faiton 4, jono 6, mprs 14, paul 17, dorrien 23, Fj 25

Voting for paulh #29

With such a "splendid assemblage" of clues it's no wonder so many received votes & likes. I confess that when I chose the word I had no idea that Galaxy was a chocolate bar, which opened up some possibilities for wordplay I had not considered. The people have spoken:

With one vote each we have dorrien 23, faiton 27, and mattrom 34.

Sharing the silver with 2 votes each are jono 6, mathprof 14 and paulh 29.

Gold medal to mattrom 16 with 4 votes for the succinct description of Apple's "core" business strategy:

Apple axes smartphone?

(and then releases a higher-priced version of same.....)

Well done mattrom. My initial parsing of your clue led me to "Golden Deliciousxy" but I saw the light pretty quickly. Take your choice of prizes, depending on your mood:

Highbrow prize:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C628xyDN40o

Lowbrow prize:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hthl28SEGfk

I don't know if this film ever made it to the UK, but it manages to both pay homage to, and ruthlessly parody, Star Trek.