Possible Clues:

• City that's grassed over partially - looking up!
• Seas do appear turbulent in this port
• Perhaps verses to a silly turn in the Ukraine
• Do seas come into Ukrainian city?
• Site of some well-known steps
• Texas college town
• 'The ___ File' (Forsyth novel)
• Texas city with an annual Shakespeare Festival
• Forsyth's 'The ___ File'
• Texas college or its locale