I Struggled Double-dummy

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 10 9 4
  2. heartQ 6
  3. diamondA 7 2
  4. clubJ 8 5 4
  1. spadeA Q 6 3
  2. heartK 7
  3. diamondQ 6
  4. clubA Q 7 6 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 1 1 1
S - - 1 1 1
E 1 2 - - -
W 1 2 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade7 5
  2. heart8 5 4 2
  3. diamondK J 8 5 3
  4. club10 9

Contract: 2heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondQ
  1. spadeJ 8 2
  2. heartA J 10 9 3
  3. diamond10 9 4
  4. clubK 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT* Pass 2club~ Pass
2diamond Pass Pass 2heart
Pass Pass Pass

* 15-17
~ Puppet 5-card Stayman

. . . but a club would not be right. The suit in which you need a ruff is spades and that is what you should lead now. Partner puts in the ace and returns one - perhaps expecting you to ruff. Declarer runs this to the jack and plays ace and another trump. Partner wins, gives you a spade ruff and now you switch to a club. Partner wins clubAQ and reverts back to diamonds. Although declarer can pick up your trump he cannot get back to dummy and has to concede a diamond. Simple. I'm sure that you would have found it, but I struggled to find it double-dummy!
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