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I would appreciate any help with the following:

One may have to pick one's way here (10)
???S???A?S

Scanning the books for money owing on the horses (8) ???????S

I'd be grateful if you could explain the answers too (so that theoretically I can learn from them). Thank you for your help.

2nd one looks like stud-ious stud/horses and ious (I owe you)

1st one crossroads - as you have to select (pick) a way to go when at one

Ixion and anniec,

Thank you both for your help and for your explanations. Crossroads seems obvious now, but I doubt I would have gotten studious.

Unfortunately, I'm stuck again (in a different corner this time).

Out to the opening ball from a spin bowler (3-5)
O?F?R???

One hundred in a cathedral city said to be poor (6) ??R??? The first letter may by 'Y'.

Sore times for ships (8)
?A?L???S

I imagine these are fairly obvious, but I just can't see them. Thank you for any help.

Hi.

Out to the opening ball from a spin bowler (3-5) .... off-break.

JimC

Hi again.

Sore times for ships (8) .... galleons.

JimC

One hundred in a cathedral city said to be poor (6) ... "Alas poor Yorick".

JimC

YORICK (Hamlet)

SAILINGS (S/ailing/S) (?)

JimC,

Thank you for your help, which was very prompt as always. I don't understand 'off-break', though.