The paired clues below can be answered according to a certain pattern.

1)
Good plan
Bad plan

2)
Money in the bank
Summary of a track event

3)
Man's dress shirt feature, perhaps
Derrieres

4)
Contented person
Contented furnace part

5)
The best of the best
Pass receiver's nightmare

6)
Transport on the links
Dangerous game on the links

7)
Where to buy hand-made jewelry
Where authors exhibit unedited word

8)
Area under some older houses
Area for Southern dialogue

9)
Wee Willie Winkie, for one
City employee who helps with the dishes

Answers:

1)
Coping strategy
Doping strategy

2)
Cash account
Dash account

3)
French cuffs
French duffs

4)
Happy camper
Happy damper

5)
Cream of the crop
Dream of the drop

6)
Golf carts
Golf darts

7)
Crafts fair
Drafts fair

8)
Crawl space
Drawl space

9)
Town crier
Town drier

Credit: LA Times Crossword
December 5, 2010
Nora Pearlstone
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