Obnoxious ads and audio hijacking

I love the crosswords but the ads on the free daily puzzles are completely obnoxious and it hijacks my audio output. I want to listen to MY music, not whatever the apps think I should listen to. Remove the audio hijacking and tone down the obnoxious ads and Ill improve my rating.

Daltonator about NYT Games: Word, Number, Logic, v2.7.0