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Your alternatives are
a) play a spade to hand with the intention of ruffing a diamond
b) play A, ruff a club with the intention of perhaps establishing the clubs
c) play a heart to the ace with the intention of ruffing a diamond.
d) cash Q just in case East is void. When all follow come to hand with a trump, ruff a diamond and reassess.

a) leaves your club options open for later
b) abandons any available club flexibility but might reveal something about the suit.
c) commits you to guessing the clubs correctly, for surely you cannot be thinking of ruffing a third diamond with Q - that would promote the jack if anyone held Jxx
d) leaves options open for deciding about clubs later.
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