There Was A Better Line

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 9 5 3
  2. heartA
  3. diamondQ 10 6 5
  4. clubK 9 8 4
  1. spadeQ J 10 6
  2. heart9 8 4 2
  3. diamond4 2
  4. clubJ 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 5 3 1 3
S 4 5 3 1 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 8 7 2
  2. heartK 10 5
  3. diamond8 7 3
  4. clubQ 10 7

Contract: 5diamond
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeQ
  1. spade4
  2. heartQ J 7 6 3
  3. diamondA K J 9
  4. clubA 6 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass 1heart
Pass 1spade Pass 2diamond
Pass 3diamond Pass 4club
Pass 4diamond Pass 5diamond
Pass Pass Pass
At the table declarer ruffed the second spade, East playing low, and crossed to heartA. A spade ruff was followed by heartQ ruffed, club to the ace, heart ruff, clubK. Now the contract was at a crossroads and South decided to lead spadeK from dummy and throw his last club on East's ace. Instead of switching to a trump East made the bad error of continuing with a third club and now South was able to cross-ruff for the last four tricks.

So what was the better line that South admitted he had missed?
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