Employing last of googlies, spinner gets close (4)
I believe the answer is:
stop
'close' is the definition.
(close can mean to stop or come to an end)
'employing last of googlies spinner' is the wordplay.
'employing last of' indicates one should take the final letters.
'spinner' becomes 'top' (a spinning top).
The last letter of 'googlies' is 's'.
's'+'top'='STOP'
'gets' is the link.
(Other definitions for stop that I've seen before include "Check" , "Halt, whoa, desist" , "Part of organ" , "Plug - organ knob - bus halt - period" , "Go no further" .)