Drop shadow only on objects below not on background?

I want the drop shadow to only be visible on the two blue objects below the top object but not on the background. Any ideas how I can accomplish this? Illustrator CS5. Thanks in advance.

You could use a clipping mask

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Michael
mhphillips at gmail dot com

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NViereckel schrieb:
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