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Let \(P_A\) be the set of all partial operations on a finite set \(A\), \(\rho\) be an \(n\)-ary relation on \(A\) and \(\text{Pol} \rho\) be the set (clone) of all partial operations from \(P_A\) which preserve \(\rho\). A (partial) clone \(C_1\) covers the (partial) clone \(C_0\) if \(C_0 \subset C_1\) and there is no clone between \(C_0\), \(C_1\). Pairwise intersections of maximal partial clones of type \(\text{Pol} \{a\}\), \(\text{Pol} \{(a,b)\}\), \(\text{Pol} \{(a,b), (b,a)\}\) are investigated. It is shown that in some cases the intersection of two maximal partial clones of this type is covered by both (but not always).