I did a clean install of OSX Lion, after years of things accumulating in my mac, and was surprised by Safari not working.
I ran into the trouble described at the beginning of this thread regarding Safari not working after an upgrade to OSX Lion. I thought should be an easy fix, right.
Even after the lengthy software updates, still didn't work. And those of you that tried to find a usable link to simply download Safari 6.0 probably were led to dead links or to the Apple site, that sent you to the Apps Store, and no direct link.
I almost gave up until I found this usable link, via WebCrawler search engine, and voila', free and easy working download. Simple as it should be. Yes, it worked. Hope it is a simple solution for you as well.
Just scroll down to EXTERNAL MIRROR 4 6.1.6 Lion
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Internet-Utilities/Safari.shtml#download
Best Regards
Don