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South's call is 4.

North's 3 bid showed a heart stopper for 3NT and
denied a spade stopper. With hearts and spades
stopped, North should bid 3NT over 3, even without
a club stopper (there's no room to cover every suit
in this sequence).

South has an awful hand (junky points) and no spade
stopper as well. He should retreat to 4. A 4 bid
would show a similar hand, but with more prime points
(aces and kings).

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