AN A320 CREW LANDED AT MSP WITHOUT A CLRNC.

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FLY A SCHEDULED FLT WITH WX THAT WAS CLR AND VERY LITTLE TFC IN ARPT AREA. AT A POS OF ABOUT 14 MI FROM ARPT; WE WERE ON A VECTOR TO INTERCEPT THE LOC OUTSIDE THE FAR. WE NOTIFIED APCH THAT WE HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT AND WAS THEN GIVEN A CLRNC FOR A VISUAL APCH. THE FO WAS FLYING; SO I SET IN TWR FREQ ON SECOND RADIO HEAD IN ANTICIPATION OF SWITCHING TO TWR FREQ. WE CONTINUED THE APCH TO THE FAF AND SET THE ACFT IN CONFIGN FOR LNDG. WE WERE NEVER GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO SWITCH TO TWR FOR LNDG CLRNC FROM APCH. BUT I ALSO THINK THEY DID GIVE US CLRNC TO LAND. AS A BACKUP IN THE PAST; I USE A NOSE LIGHT SWITCH TO VERIFY APCH AND LNDG CLRNC. WE LANDED AND WHEN WE TURNED OFF THE RWY; BOTH PLTS SAW THAT WE WERE ON APCH FREQ AND NOT TWR. ALSO MY NOSE LIGHT SWITCH WAS IN APCH CLRNC POS; BUT NOT IN CLRED TO LAND POS. UPON TALKING TO GND FREQ; I ASKED FOR TELEPHONE NUMBER OF TWR. AFTER PARKING AT GATE; I MADE A CALL TO TWR. THEY SAID THAT THEY KNEW A LNDG CLRNC WAS NOT GIVEN BUT THE PROCESS WAS OK. WE HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION AND BOTH WERE GOOD TO MOVE ON. I WILL START TO DO A CHK/FLOW AT 1000 FT AGL. THIS WILL INCLUDE GEAR POS; FLAP POS; FMS STATUS; NOSE LIGHT POS; MISSED APCH ALT AND LNDG CLRNC ON TWR FREQ.