Nominally the person to sort out a riot? (7)
I believe the answer is:
janitor
'nominally the person' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'sort out a riot?' is the wordplay.
'sort' becomes 'jan' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'out' indicates an anagram.
'riot' is an anagram of 'itor'.
'jan'+'itor'='JANITOR'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for janitor that I've seen before include "(In Scotland) school caretaker" , "Caretaker (mainly US)" , "Person looking after building" , "Caretaker or doorkeeper" , "One employed to clean and maintain a building" .)