Same problem here. I see the red button to ignore friend and the blue to accept but when I click on it nothing happens. Which means people that I sent the request to be friends are not able to accept and I cannot rebuilt my list of friends that was lost with the upgrade. No friends, no lives.
Who decided oneversion of the app got 19 moves and another got 11? I run CC on Ipad and only got 11 and it is infuriating. Maybe time to leave CC for something else.