I also disagree with always landing with full flaps – especially in gusty conditions. Of course, that may be partly due to “full flaps” being 40 degrees for the Skylane I fly, but even in later Cessnas and Pipers where the max is 30 degrees, I recommend reducing flaps in strong wind conditions.

It’s a few years since I’ve done any flying but my experience was that a combination of slipping and crabbing worked fine in Supercubs and Pawnees (both taildraggers, of course). It might have helped a little bit that they were glider tugs with a rope on the back which gives some directional stability but kicking them straight as they settle down is pretty easy. It’s my theory that if the aircraft is just about to land itself anyway and you kick it straight then it’ll land pretty promptly (as the relative airflow is now angled across the wing) – before the wind can give it much momentum across the airfield. Therefore the window of time to kick it straight is wider than you might think given that you want to do it in the few seconds just before touchdown.

It’s always much better if you can point the thing into wind, though.

Gliders (sailplanes) are mostly in effect taildraggers but they are almost always crabbed in a cross wind because the wings are long enough that you don’t want too much slip close to the ground.