We have four very closely related tags - [crosswords](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/crosswords "show questions tagged 'crosswords'"), [crossword-clues](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/crossword-clues "show questions tagged 'crossword-clues'"), [cryptic-crosswords](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/cryptic-crosswords "show questions tagged 'cryptic-crosswords'"), [cryptic-clues](https://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/cryptic-clues "show questions tagged 'cryptic-clues'") - of whose usage patterns I'm not entirely sure. The tag wiki excerpts aren't really helpful either, and I don't think these four tags are consistently being used differently.

**Are these four tags different enough to actually merit different tags?**
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In theory, we could use the `clues` tags for puzzles containing just a few crossword-style clues, and the `crosswords` tags for puzzles containing entire crosswords, while using `cryptic` if the crossword clues are in rigorous CC style and not if they aren't.

In practice, are the tags actually being used this way? (I don't think so, but I haven't checked in detail.) Is it feasible to enforce them being used this way? (Bear in mind that hardly anyone reads tag wikis, and people often use the tags which *sound* like the might apply, leaving it to others to retag if needed.) If not, should we merge them into just one or two tags with clearer usage guidance?