Home work of the day!!

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                                                                        Black to play

White has just played a5-a6 advancing the passed pawn further.The position seems bad for Black as he is a piece down and is attacking only with the Queen and the Rook. Can you find a simple trick for Black which is easy to miss especially in time pressure?

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