Remove audio fade on transitions?

I'm trying to insert some text slides I exported from PowerPoint as .png's and insert them into an iMovie project. I have video of a talking head, and I want to maintain the audio from the video but in certain sections I want to show the slide and not the talking head. Here's what I have tried:
1. Split the clip where I want to show the slide instead of the talking head.
2. Detach audio from the relevant clip.
3. Drag slide onto the relevant video clip and choose "Replace."
That seems to work as far as replacing the talking head with my text slide while keeping the audio. However, when I add a cross dissolve transition to soften the visual change, there seems to be an audio fade out/in. I can't seem to get rid of this.
If there's a way to fix this, or a better process, please let me know!
Thanks!

Try Cutaway instead of Replace. There should be no need to detach the audio, but it does no harm.

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