Awful Bidding Excellent Play

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 9 2
  2. heartJ 8 5 2
  3. diamond8 5 2
  4. clubJ 5 2
  1. spade7
  2. heartQ 3
  3. diamondA J 10 9 3
  4. clubA K 9 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 5 6 5 3 5
W 5 5 5 2 5
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA J 10 5
  2. heartK 10 9 7 6 4
  3. diamondQ 4
  4. clubQ

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: East
Lead: spade4
  1. spadeQ 8 6 4 3
  2. heartA
  3. diamondK 7 6
  4. club10 8 7 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart 1spade
3club Pass 3heart Pass
4diamond Pass 4spade Pass
6heart End
With a cursory inspection I reckon South probably had three opportunities to defeat the contract. How?
1) By avoiding a low spade lead.
2) By covering spade10 at trick two
3) By flying in with diamondK when East leads a low diamond.

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