Living has been difficult with fun primarily put on ice (8)
I believe the answer is:
benefice
'living' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'been difficult with fun primarily put on ice' is the wordplay.
'difficult with' indicates anagramming the letters.
'primarily' says to take the initial letters.
'put on ice' becomes 'ice' (synonyms).
The first letter of 'fun' is 'f'.
'been' mixed up with 'f' can make 'benef'.
'benef'+'ice'='BENEFICE'
'has' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for benefice that I've seen before include "Church position with income" , "Church office providing property and income" , "Nice beef for clergyman's job" , "Clergyman's living" , "Church living" .)