Hoffman the Ultimate Pairs Player

Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs

Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q 9 3
  2. heartQ 8 4
  3. diamond7 6 2
  4. club9 6 3

Contract: 1NT
Declarer: West
Lead: diamond5

  1. spadeK J 10
  2. heartK 9 7 2
  3. diamondQ 4
  4. clubJ 10 7 2
West North East South
1NT Pass Pass Pass
Partner leads diamond5 (4th best) against West's 1NT and declarer ducks the first two diamonds to win the third round with the ace, partner having won trick two with diamondJ and returning diamond3 at trick three. A spade to dummy's queen comes next - how do you defend after winning with spadeK? Partner has followed with spade2.
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