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Minor Nuisance
by George Coffin
South leads the 
J.
East to make 7
against any distribution and
defense.
East wins the K and plays off the
A-K and the
A-K. If either
suit splits 3-2, school is out. If both
minors break badly, then:
If the minors are in the same hand, declarer arranges to play off the major-suit winners, and that defender will be squeezed in the minors. Declarer could humor himself by discarding a club from east and a diamond from west, effecting a criss-cross squeeze.
If the minors are in opposite hands, the
Qand
Q are played off.
Then the 
A and two rounds
of spades, discarding minors, squeeze whoever holds the long hearts.
(If a heart was led originally, then the club queen is played before the diamond
queen, leaving the lead in the west hand.)
