The ability to extend the elements of the teleconverter beyond the mount point also seems to help (both Canon and Nikon do this), so a third party teleconverter that's 'compatible with everything' is likely to suffer optically in comparison with the latest and greatest on-brand version. Teleconverters tend to be designed to match a particular focal length range (or at least assuming the lens's exit node is at a particular distance) they often won't play well with a very different (especially much shorter) lenses.

Ironically, the 14-24 is compatible with the tab (IIRC), but obviously won't fit the teleconverter without blocking. I've filed my TC-14E's tab so that it fits my 500mm f/4 AI-P, but there's clearly enough space at the back for the lens elements not to foul. It is not, in my opinion, a good plan to use TCs to fill in gaps between lenses of intermediate focal length. If you have exhausted your funds on the longest and fastest lens you can possibly get, then add TC to get more reach to that lens and only that lens, if you must.

My recommendation is that if you need a long lens, get a long lens. I sometimes use the TC-20EIII with the 200/2 and again at f/5.6 the image quality is good, but the lens is very expensive. The 70-200/2.8 II can also take the TC-14E and it works well at f/5.6. With some lenses, TCs work quite well mostly these are the very fast and very expensive supertelephoto primes (starting from the 200/2). You also get reduced contrast due to the additional elements present. When you use a 1.4X TC you lose one stop directly and should stop down an additional stop to get good image quality. To be honest I most of the time prefer to just crop rather than use a 1.4X TC these days.

A TC-14A should fit, if I recall correctly, either lens without modification but is manual focus only. I think a modified 14E will fit the 180mm however. With most 85mm primes the rear element of the lens would hit the front element of the converter and result in one or both components being damaged, so it is not advisable to try this. However, Nikon put the tab in there to prevent use on lenses for which it is not designed to be used. The TC-14E(II) can be modified to fit some lenses by filing off a tab from the converter.

Nikon tc-14b 1.4x converter