Some PDF's fail at RIP

Posted in the Acrobat Forum, but the traffic is much better here -
For a while I would blame Quark generated files, but this seems to be InDesign and Distiller created
The objectonal result is always defined as a triangular area, clipped to exlude some triangular image data.
In this case, we set a 12 page InDesign CS2 file and created spreads which never made it thru the imagesetter (it churned away at the data for 4 hours). Knowing there was a problem, we exported the spreads to pdf which were placed into a new ID file, this usually will catch any fonts not embedded and correct such and sent to the imagesetter - Graphics > Images > Send Data > All.
I cannot find anything within the spreads pdf which might cause the plate to incorrectly image. The original ad "plusnewsviews.pdf", upon digging into it, does raise some eyebrows - the creator set two halfpage ads in one InDesign lettersize page, apparently wrote to Postscript with file-info toggled and cropped the pages; hrmm, and somehow has a font not embedded.
We see this failed type of image once or twice a month and I really would like to find a fix; rasterizing whole pages through PS at 1200 dpi gets pretty unwieldy.
See attached scan of our plate, supplied ad, and file we sent to our RIP.
Catch any errors or cause?
Win XP, SP3 1.5gb RAM, 70+ gb free HDD
InDesign CS2, 4.0.5
Accuset 1000+ Imagesetter with internal RIP
In Shop - Full Creative Suite 2, 3 & 4 on various stations PC, CS3 on Mac

I'm sure the Accuset is Postscript Level 2

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