DC9 CREW DID NOT SLOW TO THE SPD LISTED ON THE STAR INTO MCI.

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INBOUND TO MCI ON THE TYGER 4 ARR. NOTICED THAT ATC KEPT US AT 12000 FT ALMOST TO THE DOWNWIND LEG FOR L TFC TO RWY 19L. I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH TFC ON THE RADIO SO I ASKED ATC WHY THEY KEPT US SO HIGH. ATC RESPONDED 'SAY SPD.' I RESPONDED '245 KTS.' CTLR SAID 'YOU MISSED YOUR SPD RESTR EARLIER.' I THEN LOOKED AGAIN AT THE STAR AND SAW THAT IT SAID 'TFC LNDG S CROSS MELOY INTXN AT 210 KTS.' HE THEN ISSUED DSCNT INSTRUCTIONS AND WE MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG AT MCI. I WAS THE PNF ON THIS LEG AND WAS OCCUPIED WITH PNF DUTIES RELATIVE TO THE APCH PROCESS. I KEPT AN EYE ON THE ROUTING WHICH WAS FLOWN CORRECTLY AND ON COURSE BUT BOTH OF US MISSED THE SPD RESTR AT MELOY INTXN. WE WERE BOTH A BIT FATIGUED AS WE HAD AN XA30 WAKE-UP. NO TFC CONFLICT WAS NOTED AND I DON'T THINK ATC WOULD HAVE SAID ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT I QUESTIONED THE HIGH DOWNWIND ALT. I EVEN HAD THE SPD RESTR HIGHLIGHTED WITH YELLOW MARKER ON THE PLATE AND STILL MISSED IT. HAVEN'T COME INTO MCI FROM THIS DIRECTION IN A LONG TIME. I WILL MORE THOROUGHLY REVIEW ALL ASPECTS OF THE ARR PROC BEFORE FLYING IT AND STAY MORE IN THE LOOP BY REVIEWING WITH MY COPLT ALL RESTRS.