UNAUTH LNDG. LNDG WITHOUT CLRNC.

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WE WERE ADVISED EARLY ON THE DOWNWIND LEG THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE A SHORT APCH. THE FO WAS FLYING. ON BASE LEG; WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH. I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE WERE ALSO TOLD TO CONTACT TWR AT THE OM AS IS USUALLY THE CASE. I PRESUME WE WERE. AS WE OVERHEADED THE OM; WE WERE HIGH AND FAST. THE FO CALLED FOR FINAL FLAPS 15 KTS ABOVE THE STRUCTURAL LIMIT. I TOLD HIM TO LEVEL OFF UNTIL WE WERE SLOW ENOUGH TO EXTEND FINAL FLAPS WHICH HE DID. WE WERE STABILIZED ON GLIDE PATH AND SPD BTWN 800-1000 FT AGL WITH LNDG CHKLIST COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR THE FLT ATTENDANTS NOTIFYING US THAT THEY WERE OUT OF THE LOWER GALLEY. (WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A GAR IF NOTIFICATION NOT RECEIVED.) AFTER STABILIZING ON GLIDE PATH; I CONCENTRATED ON THE FLT INSTS; AIRSPD AND RWY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE REST OF THE APCH. THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ON THE FREQ; BUT I NEVER HEAR OUR CALL SIGN USED AGAIN. THE FO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE GALLEY STATUS AND ASKED THE SO 2 OR 3 TIMES IF THE GALLEY WAS CLR. THE NOTIFICATION CAME VIA INTERPHONE ABOUT 20 SECONDS BEFORE LNDG. AFTER CLRING THE RWY AND TAXIING INBOUND I COMMENTED THAT WE HADN'T RECEIVED ANY TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. I GLANCED DOWN AT THE RADIO AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THAT I WAS STILL ON APCH CTL FREQ. POSSIBLE FACTORS: NOT BEING STABILIZED ON APCH SOONER. BEING PREOCCUPIED WITH SPD AND FLAPS AT THE OM WHERE I NORMALLY WOULD CHK IN WITH TWR. THE CONCERN OR FOCUS ON THE FLT ATTENDANTS IN THE LOWER GALLEY REQUIRING US TO CONTEMPLATE A GAR AT THE LAST MOMENT. CORRECTIVE ACTION: MAYBE PUT 'LNDG CLRNC' ON CHKLIST; IF NOT; 'THINK LNDG CLRNC' AFTER CHKLIST COMPLETE.