Not Too Greedy

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 5
  2. heart7 6 3
  3. diamond9 6 2
  4. clubA K Q 2
Green square in centre

Contract: 2spade
Declarer: North
Lead: club8
  1. spade9 7
  2. heartA J 10 9 5
  3. diamondA 8 5 3
  4. clubJ 7
West North East South
Pass Pass
1club 1spade Pass 2heart*
Pass 2spade End

* spade tolerance

One defence that immediately springs to mind is to cash spadeAK and continue with clubs. If partner, as expected, has three clubs or fewer then he will be able to ruff the fourth round ..... assuming that declarer only started with five trumps. Any other possibilities?
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