Guardian Prize

[miyake]

22a Small, once trendy dog (4) s???

[Toorak]

Shep

S hep

[Lie-in King]

S-hep (Blue Peter dog)

[miyake]

Should have got it from the theme - thanks both!!

[technomonkey]

Hi everyone, really enjoyed the hippie crossword 27094, being from that era myself (I'm now 70, so was 20 at the time of the anniversary mentioned). Can't work out why 24 across might be POLEMIC. Clue is "I'm getting back into black tea, where unusual people hang out (7)". I've got -O-E-I-. All help welcome.

Thanks from an old duffer

[cashier]

Bohemia. Bohea is a type of tea

[technomonkey]

Thank you cashier - you have made an old man happy. :-) Good to learn about the tea, too.

[DrowsyMaggie]

I know 25a is TIMOTHY as it is a grass, but don't understand the rest of the wordplay.

[scorpiojo]

25a Kind of grass skirts in Tuscany? Setter's hot, dancing in them (7)

Ty(Tuscany) around I'm (setter) hot