Rivet Boy -

1. -- acting, dressing or behaving in a strikingly bold, confident and colourful manner that attracts attention.
3. - a weapon or short stick, thick, held by a police officer.
5. - The branch of mathematics dealing with the propeties and manipulation of numbers.
8. - a stiffened or hooped petticoat worn to make a long shirt stand out.
9. - having a sensation or whirling and a tendencey to fall over or stagger dizzy.
12. - push, elbow or bump against someone roughly typically in a crowd.
13. - Scold, or critisize someone angrily.
15. - having or expressing a lively cheerful and self-confident manner.

2. - a recess in the wall of a room or garden.
4. - cut or shape something with a chisel.
6. - like covered with tar.
7. - a single circular correective lens held in place by facial muscles over one eye.
9. - A large iron steel beam or compound structure
10. - An old-fashioned Irish exclamation.
11. - A rigid structure over an open space.
14. - A Scottish American industrialist.