1) American actor and dramatist 2) American playwright 3) Celtic boy name 4) City in the Ruhr region 5) Former US playwright 6) Industrial center in Germany 7) Legendary Windsor hunter 8) Ruhr city Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/herne
city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies at the junction of the Rhine-Herne and the Dortmund-Ems canals, about 10 miles ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/42
Herne noun [ Anglo-Saxon hyrne .] A corner. [ Obsolete] « Lurking in hernes and in lanes blind.» Chaucer. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/37