5  Backside of ass made torrid, grating noise (7)

 9  Batman's guarding rear entrance (7)

10 Spooner's cutting tool spoils case (7)

12 Officer can play with PGA Tour pros in primaries (5,7)

14 State’s retrospective of “Gandhiji Fasting” (4)

15 Extremely clumsy 27’s lost after tearing off a fine piece of cloth (8)

18 Nestlé fires head of Nutrition, hiring head of marketing and Kraft’s number 2 cross-border trade specialist (8)

19 Empty watercourse has almost retreated and disappeared (4)

21 Obsessive tyrant came around, grabbing Arab girl in front (12)

24 Typically, after laying egg, allosaurus runs, kicking left and right (2,5)

25 Getafix-like medicine man in charge gets Aadhaar number (7)

26 Fitful Poles’ yacht turned turtle (7)

27 Patriarch in Mahabharata struggled after the head of his astra frequently came off (7)

 2  Without introductory piece, tune becomes faint (4)

 3  Machiavellian Democrat's authenticating documents online (9)

 4  Nosing around to enlist (4,2)

 6  Ruffian's rate (8)

 7  Elite sniper holds up small picture (5)

 8  I drink in through the mouth, primarily (10)

11 Self-indulgent nature shorn of trust at birth, is unravelled at the end of story (9)

13 Actor enigmatically sent email on 6th of August - went missing (4,6)

16 A feature seen between the rims of Bogota plates and cups, maybe? (4,5)

17 One amongst everyone at hospital conducting operation (8)

20 Losing way, Brahmin turned on direction-finder (6)

22 Mid-cap small stock, maybe? (5)

23 Krishna’s discourse is good – Ram’s wife drops son (4)