Is it possible to increase transition time between clips in iMovie '09?

I've edited a movie and to stop it jumping so much I want to increase the time between clips so that it fades to black between clips. Is this possible?

There is a "fade to black" transition in iMovie 09. Does that work for you?

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"..Both clips in the transition would not be evenly balanced in the cross dissolve, and would un-sync the audio if it was locked in place or not.."
Applying any transition in iMovie (..except 'Overlap'..) will "un-sync the audio", because any transition lays the tail of the first clip OVER the head of the following clip to merge them both, one into the other. This shortens the overall running time of the two clips - and anything else which follows - by the total duration of the transition.
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What am I doing wrong?
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