Again, it's am interesting hand. If the 3-3 split in clubs is not enough so that declarer can now claim, I think we can say the contract is a bit optimistic.
But now suppose after the club lead and the heart return declarer plays as Jim suggests, so they all come down to
9
8
QT
75
Q
KJ
West, assuming he has been watching closely, knows he cannot pitch the
Q so he should not need much time to find the
pitch. So there will not be any squirming by W for N to take advantage of.
Declarer has seen all of the opponent's diamonds and clubs, and on the play he might reasonably assume W has the high heart, and this means he knows the exact original distribution, he knows the spades were dealt 3-3. Does he have any evidence to choose between the finesse and the drop? Try this. W has to throw his spade T, declarer notes that it is the T. That might well suggest W originally held QT6 instead of T76. Maybe, when W held T76 he would be up for the deceptive T instead of just tossing the 7, but maybe not. So there is something to be said for choosing to lead a spade to the k instead of the J. He does know that W has exactly one spade left, either Q or the 7. Does the pitch of the T warrant the conclusion he now has the Q left instead of the 7?
And should E, at T2, have returned a club? Maybe. There is a danger. Maybe W led this club holding the
A and nothing else, and maybe after the
duck he now has 12 tricks, Maybe so. If W has the
A then declarer must have the
Q for his bidding, so spades run and declarer has all the tricks he needs.
That's possible but probably unlikely. If spade are not ready to run then yes, E might think of the need to protect partner from the squeeze and return a club. I would hardly criticize partner if this did not occur to him but I would like to think I would consider it if I were E. Unless pard, W, has an A, we are not setting the contract at T2 so we can be thinking about how to make it a little tougher for declarer.
6
is an easier contract. After clubs split the remaining clubs can be used to ruff spades, setting up the long spade for the 12th trick.