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With last of deliveries, spinner's close (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stop

'close' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with last of deliveries spinner's' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'last of' says to take the final letters.
'spinner' becomes 'top' (a spinning top).
The final letter of 'deliveries' is 's'.
's' put next to 'top' is 'STOP'.

(Other definitions for stop that I've seen before include "break" , "as per instruction" , "port of call" , "Standstill" , "Prevent - desist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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