An Easy 7×7 Puzzle Solved with Shape Squeeze in 12 Steps

This 7×7 board rates as easy (difficulty score 780). Solving it from scratch takes 12 logical steps, using 6 techniques: Single cell, Row/column exclusion, Adjacency clear, Region confinement, Paired regions, Shape squeeze. Every step below is forced: nothing here is a guess.

1. First, every open cell left in this region sits in row 2, so its marker has to land there; that clears every other open cell in the row.
2. Next, every open cell left in this region sits in row 1, so its marker has to land there; that clears every other open cell in the row.
3. Then, every open cell left in this region sits in column A, so its marker has to land there; that clears every other open cell in the column.
4. After that, together, two regions have open cells only in rows 3 and 4; with one marker each, those two markers have to fill exactly those two rows, so every other region's open cells there can be cleared.
5. Now, place a marker at B5. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 5, column B, and its region. Placing here also clears its 2 touching neighbours.
6. From there, place a marker at A3. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 3, column A, and its region.
7. Following that, place a marker at C7. Column 3 has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 7, column C, and its region. Placing here also clears its 1 touching neighbour.
8. First, place a marker at D4. Column 4 has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 4, column D, and its region.
9. Next, every remaining candidate in this region touches F2, so whichever candidate ends up marked will clear it, and it can be ruled out now regardless of which one wins.
10. Then, place a marker at G2. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 2, column G, and its region. Placing here also clears its 1 touching neighbour.
11. After that, place a marker at E1. Region has exactly one open cell left. Placing here clears the rest of row 1, column E, and its region.
12. Finally, place a marker at F6. Region has exactly one open cell left.

The key move here was Shape squeeze. Once you can spot that, this board falls quickly. ∎