Doing a clean install/upgrade, restoring from TM Backup

I am going to do a clean install of Mountain Lion on my iMac, currently running Lion. After I do a clean install of Lion, can I then restore settings and applications from the TM backup made before the upgrade or will this overwrite newer files created by the Lion clean install?
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If I understand correctly a clean install wipes the hard drive which is my intent. Merely installing Mountain Lion over Lion is not going to clear unwanted apps, etc.
I believe I found my answer elsewhere which states it would be better  for me to reinstall apps rather than restoring from Time Machine backup  since I would be copying some stuff I'm trying to get rid of.

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