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This was the five card ending: when East played AQ from dummy what was he supposed to throw from hand? To retain Q he threw a heart, but now South switches to J and North takes the rest of the tricks! This was a true suicide squeeze.

Declarer would have been much better advised to cash at least three spades before exiting with 8 - the contract is then unbeatable. East can also get home by exiting with Q in the shown end position.. and, of course, had West leapt to 3NT originally then North would have been hard pushed to resist a heart lead.
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