Brings home the bacon (5)
'brings home the bacon' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for earns that I've seen before include "makes money" , "Deserves for snare" , "Makes - deserves (by one's efforts)" , "Acquires by effort" , "ready for work?" .)
(Other definitions for provides that I've seen before include "Gives what is desired or needed" , "Supplies, furnishes" .)