Magnificent Hamman But No Justice

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 8 2
  2. heart8 3
  3. diamondA K J 6 5
  4. clubQ 8 6
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K Q 4
  2. heartA Q 5 4
  3. diamondQ 9 7 2
  4. club7

Contract: 5diamond
Declarer: East
Lead: diamond10
West North East South
2diamond* Pass
2heart~ Pass 2NT# Pass
3club~ Pass 3diamond! Pass
4club+ Pass 4heart^ Pass
5diamond End

* Roman 2D, 17-24 three suits
~ tell me more
# short clubs, 17-20
! 17-18
+ How many controls?
^5 controls (A=2,K=1)

This trump lead is a nuisance. On a black suit lead it would be relatively easy to organise two club ruffs in hand, but now it might be more difficult if the defence insist on playing trumps at every opportunity.

Nevertheless, the contract still has many chances and there's nothing more sensible to do than win cheaply with diamondQ and play a club. South wins with clubA and plays another trump. Sadly for us, North shows out, which means that we must try and avoid South obtaining the lead again.

The easy bit is to ruff a club in dummy, but what next?
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