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Hint
The final word starts with AI.

Answer
Isle becomes aisle.

Workings

Hint
The first letter can only be B.

Answer
A badger.

Reasoning
My first is in bridge, but not in ridge = B

My second is in awake, and in mistake = A K E

My third is in danger, but not in ranger = D

My fourth is in strange, and in orange = R A N G E

My fifth is in spline, and in nine = I N E

My last is in river, and in diver = R I V E

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Hint
The word begins with the letter W.

Answer
Water.

Watercolour, watercress, waterfall, waterproof, watershed, waterway.

Workings

Hint
This is quite a tricky puzzle, and knowledge of algebra would certainly help.

Answer
The children tickets were £14, and the adult tickets were £18.

Reasoning
There are a number of methods for solving this problem, including:

Using a spreadsheet. Using a computer program. Using the intersection of lines on a graph. Using an online equation solver. Solving simultaneous equations using algebra. Solving simultaneous equations using inverse matrices.
Here is my solution using simultaneous equations and algebra.

First construct two algebraic equations, where 'c' is the number of children, and 'a' is the number of adults:

[1]   4296c + 2143a = 98718
[2]   5146c + 2807a = 122570

To make the number in front of 'c' the same on both, we multiply [1] by 5146 and [2] by 4296 to give:

[3]   22107216c + 11027878a = 508002828
[4]   22107216c + 12058872a = 526560720

Now we can do [4] − [3] to give:

   1030994a = 18557892

Divide throughout by 1030994 so that:

   a = 18

Substituting a = 18 in [1] will give:

   4296c + 2143 x 18 = 98718
   4296c + 38574     = 98718
   4296c             = 60144
       c             = 14

Double-Checking
c = 14 and a = 18

4,296 x 14 + 2,143 x 18 = 98,718

and

5,146 x 14 + 2,807 x 18 = 122,570