To succeed, declarer had to establish the club suit, and to do so while keeping West off lead. As is so often the case, once the problem was isolated the solution was apparent. Declarer led a club from hand and, when West followed with the seven, declarer played the ten from dummy. East won with the queen, and shifted to the queen of spades, taken in dummy. Declarer ran the clubs to make sure of nine tricks, and could afford the luxury of a diamond finesse in an attempt to score an overtrick.