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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeJ 6
  2. heart
  3. diamondA K 10
  4. club
  1. spade4
  2. heart
  3. diamondQ 7
  4. clubQ 10
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 8
  2. heart
  3. diamondJ 9 4
  4. club

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: club5
  1. spade
  2. heart4 3
  3. diamond8 6 5
  4. club
West North East South
Pass 1heart
Pass 1spade Pass 2heart
Pass 4heart End
East again has no good discard when South cashes his penultimate trump and throws diamond10 from dummy. Either he unguards the diamonds, or he throws a spade which allows declarer to cross to dummy and ruff a spade, establishing the jack. The double entry in diamons is key.

Thank you Pedro - I'd completely missed this one!
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