No audio cross dissolve in iMovie 10.0.8/Yosemite?

I know iMovie is not a professional editing solution, but I am baffled why I cannot cross-dissolve audio clips but I can do so with picture.
Before the flamers start in on me, I am going to be teaching an editing class in an inner city magnet school and the program was mis-managed, which is why myself and another are coming in. The students, very bright and very passionate about filmmaking, are not up and running on Final Cut X or any other "more professional" editing platform yet, and in order to meet a deadline, a much simpler solution like iMovie is going be the ticket.
So, it has been a while since I used iMovie for anything, but it seems to me Apple has hamstrung it and removed a lot of features I remember.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much in advance!

"I am baffled why I cannot cross-dissolve audio clips but I can do so with picture"
Well it's done automatically in the case of two video clips with attached audio that have a Cross Dissolve transition between them.
When you have detached or independent audio clips just overlap them and use the fade handles to fade one out and the next in. See below:
See: http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov3b5ded23e for more details
Geoff.

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