Ducking Delightful

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade7 6 3
  2. heart6 4
  3. diamondK Q 9 7 6
  4. club9 8 5
  1. spadeQ
  2. heartK Q J 9 3
  3. diamondJ 8 4 2
  4. clubK Q J
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 1 - 3
S - 3 1 - 3
E - - - 2 -
W - - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10 8 5 4 2
  2. heart8 5
  3. diamond3
  4. club7 4 3 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: heartK
  1. spadeA J 9
  2. heartA 10 7 2
  3. diamondA 10 5
  4. clubA 10 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 1spade 1NT*
Pass 3NT~ Pass Pass
Pass

* 18-19
~ !!

By the way, you did unblock diamond10 as you crossed to the king, didn't you? A diamond back to the ace and a finesse of the nine means that you can pick up West's diamonds without problem. When East shows out then a spade to the ace and a club exit force West to lead a heart into your heartA10 at trick twelve. Nine ticks.

A slightly less elegant variation would be to cash diamondA before leading the ten to dummy's king, but this will necessitate a return to spadeA to finesse against West's diamondJ. You can then lead club9 from dummy to achieve the desired result.
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