I am 99% sure the NY Times Games app on Android is blocking input until fully rendered on its 'home' screen where all the games are listed, and it drives me nut

I am 99% sure the NY Times Games app on Android is blocking input until fully rendered on its 'home' screen where all the games are listed, and it drives me nuts. I tap on the element I want and nothing happens, I have to tap again. Maybe some kind of overlay or spinner would help signal that it's not accepting input would help? Arg.