There's risk for the raw beginner in making a pile (5)
I believe the answer is:
peril
'there's risk for' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'raw beginner in making a pile' is the wordplay.
'beginner' says to take the initial letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'making' indicates an anagram.
The first letter of 'raw' is 'r'.
'pile' with letters rearranged gives 'peil'.
'r' put into 'peil' is 'PERIL'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for peril that I've seen before include "Great danger" , "Danger, jeopardy" , "Quest" , "Exposure to harm" , "Danger of serious kind" .)