Puzzle 5

As slow as __ (slow-running sweetness).

Avoid, dodge, bypass or skirt.

Cowboy jeans brand.

Deep nutty-brown hair hue.

Deep, low noise of a hungry stomach.

Deep, low noise, e.g. sound of distant thunder.

Innkeeper.

Janet Evanovich book: Fearless __.

Last Man __ starring Tim Allen and Nancy Travis.

Led __, sued in 2016 for copyright infringement.

Oldest independent country in Africa.

Put money into a project.

Ratatouille's harsh food critic.

Revulsion, dislike, aversion.

Spoken communication.

Unique metal identifier of a vehicle.

Whoopi __, 80s comedian, co-host of The View.