FK10 LANDED WITHOUT CLRNC AT DFW.

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CLRED VISUAL APCH TO DFW RWY 17C AND SWITCHED TO TWR. BEFORE CHKING IN WITH TWR WE RECEIVED A TCASII ALERT. VISUALLY ACQUIRED TFC TURNING FINAL TO RWY 17L AND OBSERVED HE WAS STILL IN THE TURN; SLIGHTLY BELLY UP TO US. BOTH PLTS' ATTN WAS DIVERTED UNTIL WE WERE CERTAIN HE WAS NOT OVERSHOOTING FINAL TURN. THIS DISTR CONTRIBUTED TO A LATE AIRSPD REDUCTION; WHICH IN TURN CAUSED US TO BE LATE CONFIGURING FOR LNDG. NEVER CHKED IN WITH TWR FOR LNDG CLRNC. MADE A NORMAL LNDG AND TURNED OFF RWY EARLY. TWR CLRED US TO CROSS PARALLEL RWY WITH NO ADDITIONAL COMMENT; LEADING ME TO BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE CLRED US TO LAND WITHOUT NOTICING OUR FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE. ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE A LATER THAN USUAL VISUAL APCH CLRNC (WE HAD TO PROMPT APCH CTL FOR CLRNC AND TWR HDOF) AND WE WERE KEPT HIGHER THAN USUAL UNTIL SHORT FINAL. OUR OWN LATE AIRSPD REDUCTION ALSO COMPLICATED MATTERS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 466230: ON APCH TO DFW WE WERE LATE IN GETTING APCH CLRNC AND HAD OUR SPD UP; AS NO ONE WAS IN FRONT; WHEN AN AIRPLANE OVERSHOT RWY 17L AND WE GOT A TCASII MESSAGE. BTWN THAT; SLOWING DOWN; BEING HIGH; AND TRYING TO LISTEN TO THE CTLR THAT TALKS SO FAST HE SOUNDS LIKE AN AUCTIONEER; WE ARE NOT SURE WE RESPONDED TO A LNDG CLRNC. WE ARE NOT SURE WE HAD ONE. NEED TO MAKE SURE THESE GUYS DON'T JUST LEAVE YOU OUT THERE WITH NO CLRNC WHILE IT IS VERY BUSY. OUR FAULT FOR NOT SLOWING DOWN SOONER.