The day after Mardi Gras (3,9)

I believe the answer is:

ash wednesday

(Other definitions for ash wednesday that I've seen before include "Start of Lent" , "Poem by T.S. Eliot" , "fast start" , "First day of Lent" , "Beginning of Lent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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