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Duncan won A, crossed to dummy's Q and ruffed a spade high. After drawing the last trump he simply played a club to the nine. Realising that any attempted end-play on South would result in trouble finding discards from dummy, West adopted an alternative plan of taking two club finesses - only one of them was required to work. If South wins 10 then declarer ruffs the spade return and finesses J. The heart finesse had been discounted on account of South's bidding.

I also failed to lead a heart (best) against 5 when Alan unsurprisingly chose not to make the 3 "master bid" Our declarer still managed to go down on K lead, but even on a heart lead the contract can still be made by guessing the minor suit position - not trivial.
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