Spectra of SN 2023aew compared to well-observed ordinary SNe Ic. While neither SN 1994I (thick blue line) nor SN 2007gr (dashed red line) matches the early-time features of SN 2023aew, the latter does resemble SN 2007gr at later epochs. The feature at ∼6500 Å is not seen in late-time spectra of either SN 1994I or SN 2007gr. Overall the evolution of SN 2023aew is relatively slow.