My Head Hurts Already

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade5
  2. heartQ 10 2
  3. diamondA K J 9 7
  4. clubA 10 9 7
  1. spadeA J 3 2
  2. heartK 9
  3. diamond6 5 4 3
  4. club6 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 4 4 - 2
S - 4 4 - 2
E 1 - - - -
W 1 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 8 7
  2. heart6 5 4
  3. diamond10
  4. clubQ J 8 4 3

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond6
  1. spade10 9 6 4
  2. heartA J 8 7 3
  3. diamondQ 8 2
  4. clubK
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
Pass 1diamond Pass 1heart
Pass 2club Pass 3diamond
Pass 4heart End
. . . by unblocking clubK at trick three, ruffing a second spade, pitching a diamond on clubA and reverting to diamonds. East ruffs, but South ruffs a third spade and loses only one spade, one trump and one ruff.

A bit scary that one - it looks like line two is the simplest, but I wonder which one would have been best had the trumps been 4-1? You tell me - my head hurts already!
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