Possible Title: 
The Ayes Have ItTheme: Second words of four phrases begin with the same letter as the last letter of the phrase’s first word, and the four second words rhyme with /ayes/. (I understood this when I wrote it.)
Good Ones:Red, blue and green food colors?   STANDARDDYES
Living proof   PULSE
Scout’s honor   AWARD
Relative of mine   OUR
Raise canines?   TEETHE
Pea jackets   PODS [they’re woolen coats named from a similar sounding Scandinavian word, not for 
patrol, which I thought when my father wore his home from the Navy.]
By the Way:Lesser partner   JUNIOR [I thought Frank Loesser, the songster, who partnered with Hoagy Carmichael, for one]
“Same old, same old”   NONEWS [Friday morning quarterbacking: I’d clue it “Good news, at times.”]
Who knew?:ASSISI is the home of Poor Clares or that they are nuns --- and I wrote a novel about the pope and Catholic doctrine.
RATING:   
 
  
 
 Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun