Can't Apply Cross-Dissolve to Some Footage

I'm working on a project in FCP X and for some reason, it won't let me apply cross-dissolves to certain clips.  There is no warning when I try to add a cross-dissolve, it just doesn't appear.  I'm having no trouble with the earlier parts of my project and some later bits as well.
The timeline is very simple and the clips are long enough to allow cross-dissolves.
Any help would be appreciated.

I think I know the answer (because I just bought FCP X and was having the problem on some projects.)
First, when you move the cursor to the edit points, it should change to a left or right bracket WITH a short film strip coming off the side of it. When I was having the problem, this didn't show up.
The reason!......
       The video was not dropped on the correct LAYER of the timeline.
This happened to me when I first put down music (audio) then the video.The Music wound up on the timeline were the video should be.
When you look at an empty timeline, you'll see a dark horizonal line to drop your video and a lighter area above and below it. Make sure your video is put on the dark line.
Hope that resolves your problem.
John B

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