You are a non-declarer who took two cards off the shared talon in a Solo contract. Your hand is now: XVIII, XIV, XI, V, K♦, Q♥, C♣, J♠, 10♣, 1♥, 1♦.
You must discard two cards to get back to nine. Candidates: Q♥, XVIII, C♣, K♦. Cross out the illegal one.
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Cross out K♦: Kings are protected wherever they sit, declarer’s hand or not. Q♥, XVIII and C♣ are all legal, discard any two of them. A Queen or a Cavalier carries real Card Points, four and three, but the skart law does not protect them: only the seven cards worth 5, by name, are locked in your hand.