Cryptic crossword No 1,269

This is my first attempt at setting in some time so I may be a bit rusty! Any feedback is warmly welcomed as always

Hi suka. You must be feeling a tad frustrated! For my part, apologies for taking so long to get to this but I have been distracted. Nice to see you back. It would be helpful to have Annotations but I think I have parsed most of it. There are some solid constructions in here, some valiant attempts at &lits as well as other imaginative devices. Main observation from me would be to work on your surfaces: quite a few either don't really make sense which detracts somewhat. Thanks. PM