"____ a Living" (3)
(Other definitions for earn that I've seen before include "Bring home" , "Deserve; get paid" , "Obtain (money) in return for labour or services" , "make bread?" , "Get by working" .)
(Other definitions for its that I've seen before include "The thing's" , "Belonging to something nonhuman" , "Belonging to a particular thing" , "Sit (anag.)" , "Neuter possessive pronoun" .)