Ok, this'll take a bit to reset, but I think it's fun.
Make a basic door trap, except put the pressure place on a block of sand.
Have that block of sand be held up by a torch.
Off to the side, have a piston holding back the flow of water.
Flip switch, piston retracts, water takes out torch, mob falls.
From there, since the water creates a slow flow down (unless you quickly flip switch, making it a drop kill) you can set up a TNT trap at the bottom. Or both if you're feeling particularly killy that day.
Or - Leave the water flow to drown them, and collect loot.
Note: Can also have the mob fall onto another pressure plate that sets off TNT.